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Jim Thorpe borough, Carbon County, PA

4,534 Population
14.6 square miles 310.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.9 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Carbon County: 46.3 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,937 ±$4,130 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Carbon County: $36,380 ±$1,712
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$70,625 ±$11,342 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Carbon County: $67,877 ±$3,574
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

7.6% ±5.8% (341  ±261) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Carbon County: 12.1% † 7,697 (±1.6% / ±1,017)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

31.7 minutes ±7 (59,630  ±15,611) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Carbon County: 32.2 877,695 (±1.4 / ±47,839)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,961 ±175 Number of households
  • Carbon County: 27,093 ±536
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±0.2 (4,531  ±17) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Carbon County: 2.4 64,316 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

1.8% ±3.4% (15  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Carbon County: 5.1% † 671 (±1.3% / ±172)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

2,412 ±174 Number of housing units
  • Carbon County: 34,299 ±40
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$177,400 ±$23,278 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Carbon County: $193,700 ±$8,650
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

8.5% ±4.2% (383  ±190.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Carbon County: 9.2% † 5,915 (±1.4% / ±915)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

97.5% ±13.4% (3,452  ±524.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Carbon County: 90.3% 43,500 (±2.9% / ±1,408.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
27.2% ±6.4% (963  ±235.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Carbon County: 18.3% 8,840 (±1.4% / ±655.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.7% ±0.8% (30  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Carbon County: 3.8% 2,442
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

8.2% ±4.4% (311  ±168) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Carbon County: 7.8% † 4,089 (±0.9% / ±468)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
311 Total veterans ±168 296 Male ±162 15 Female ±28

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